Do you believe in fate/destiny?
I am a big believer in a higher power having perfection in the timing of all things that need to come into our lives, whether that is to bring something wonderful in, learn a lesson, or to remove something from your life that no longer serves you. Every interaction, every acquisition, and every single loss was meant to happen when it occurred.
The law of attraction is a concept where we put out our intentions into the universe, and the universe returns what we have sought to attract. I have watched “The Secret” and I have been to a workshop with Mike Dooley on manifestation. The secret is thoughts become things. Mike Dooley writes emails as notes from the universe every day and they aim to inspire readers to create more abundance in their lives and move throughout their days with intentions set for greatness. You can subscribe to the notes here:
I believe in fate and destiny to a point. I feel some things come into our lives through means outside our control, and other things that come into our lives are those we attract. Perhaps there is a mixture of intention setting and fate guiding the rest.
I was looking to bring in love into my life and I was seeing a guy for a little while. It was going slow and there was no real love building. It was more companionship and not at all with effort to build a real connection on his part. We were set to spend Valentine’s Day together and I got stood up. The next day I found out he had fallen asleep on the couch watching the cricket. My friend then decided to introduce me to Steve and the rest was destiny unfolding.
Steve drove through a cyclone in a tiny Honda Jazz to pick me up at my parents’ place and take me on our first date. We had spoken on the phone the night before for 3.5 hours and unpacked every little detail of our lives worth mentioning in an attempt to scare each other away. Neither of us backed down and we shared our first kiss in his car whilst the torrential rain and wind roared around us.
Steve and I shared almost 10 years by each other’s side and we made our goal of “until death do us part” when he passed away last month of stomach cancer. He was my soulmate and I thank the Universe every single day that I go to know him and we helped each other heal from past trauma. We took action on our love but fate brought us together.
Steve worked seven days a week to put me through university and we moved our family to Canberra when I was offered a graduate position in the only job application I made. I like to thing that there was a mixture of destiny and manifestation involved in where we got to in life but I know we controlled part of it and left the rest up to the Universe’s infinite wisdom to guide us to greatness.
I believe that I had it in me all along to be wise, intelligent, and see my own beauty and grace, but I feel fate brought Steve into my life to show me the truth about myself. Now that he is gone, I feel compelled to prove that I can continue to bring good things into my life and the lives of our kids, and through loss out of our control, the Universe will guide us to healing and bring in what we need in the next chapter.
We’ve had challenges along the way and obstacles placed in our paths but we have always summoned the motivation to get through it all. Now is no different and we will continue on the path to greatness. We have goals and through manifestation and destiny, we will find out what the Universe has install for us in the future.
I will always take action as I feel I cannot wait for things to fall into my lap, but I know that the right things will come and the wrong things will be removed in time. It is all about balance, and leading with logic and following through with enough emotion and moxie to endure and surpass all our wildest dreams and expectations. Good things will come if you invite them in.
For now, I will leave you with this quote:
“Perhaps fate laid out your life for you like a dress on a bed, and you could either wear it or go naked.”
Laini Taylor
Until tomorrow, KT18Ø.
Katie OneEighty 